Many members of the plant science community came from interesting and unexpected backgrounds. Guest contributor, Dorcas Olufunke Alade, Graduate Student at the University of Florida, interviewed Christopher I. Vincent, assistant professor of horticultural sciences at University of Florida’s Citrus Research and Education Center, about his path to plant science, finding confidence in academia coming from […]
Written by Courtney Price, Education & Outreach Specialist for the Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center and the Center for Applied Plant Sciences, Graduate Program Coordinator for the Translational Plant Sciences Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Though information about the COVID-19 virus had been percolating in the news for a while, it wasn’t until March of […]
A guest post by Fernando Silveira. My mind is still asleep but I hear a baby crying. I can’t tell the exact time, but it’s dark outside. It’s my shift to take care of our 5-mo old baby while my wife tries to get some rest. If things get too noisy, my other two kids […]
A list of plant-science-related online courses, including peripheral courses which might be useful to plant scientists e.g. bioinformatics. Almost all the courses are free to access if you just need to access the course materials. However, if you want certification, additional costs (imposed by the hosting platform) may apply. See notes inside spreadsheet. Click the […]
by Marcela Karey Tello-Ruiz, Ph.D. For the past six years, Gramene has celebrated Fascination of Plants Day (FoPD) with an activity designed for K-12 children to spread our appreciation for plants. The year 2020 was not the exception. While students and teachers in New York State – as in many other parts of the world – were in home […]
Guest Post by By Jane Shen-Miller, University of California, Los Angeles am grateful to have received the 2018 ASPB Charles-Reid-Barnes Award (CRBA). When President Henry Klee presented me the plaque I wanted to cheer. President Rob Last has now given me that chance. The first President of the ASPP (American Society of Plant Physiologists), Charles […]
Guest Post by Rob Last, Michigan State University, ASPB President. Co-authored by Laura Grapes, Bayer Crop Sciences, and Andrew Hanson, University of Florida. We continue the experiment of expanding participation in ASPB started with the last President’s Letter (http://bit.ly/SecuringFuturePl…). This letter is part of a collection of resources (http://bit.ly/NextGenerationCa…) about training and jobs in the related […]
Why we need more experts in clubroot research Guest post by Susann Auer Funding for plant disease research is crucial for scientists as it aids in providing necessary resources for resistance breeding and commercial exploitation of results. It also helps to keep the amount of trained experts high who help policy-makers make informed decisions on […]
Guest Post by Gaurav Moghe The two-body problem has been a classical mechanics problem in physics since at least Newtonian times. However, the first suggestion of Google’s autocomplete feature is “two-body problem academia”, with at least the first 90+ results being very relevant to the topic. This example hints at how pervasive the two-body problem is in […]